Royal’s second coming

A match saving stand of 132 for the third wicket between Bhanuka Rajapakse (72) and skipper Haroon Mowjood (65) saw Royal to safety in their Elephant Lemonade inter-school cricket encounter against St Joseph’s concluded at Darley Road yesterday. The Royalists who were back to the wall at the end of the first day’s play on 88 for 5 after the Josephians had declared their innings on 315 for 7 had a daunting task of saving the game when play began yesterday morning.

Resuming their innings on day two, Kavisha de Silva made a valiant effort to resurrect the Royal innings but Josephian left arm leggie Treshan Rajasooriya made them struggle with the late order batting crumbling. Kavisha who went short of partners contributed a breezy 68 in the Royal’s score of 155 while Treshan ended with top figures of 5 for 35.

Made to follow on the Royalists experienced an early set back losing three of their top batsmen with the score on 48 before the match saving stand between Rajapakse and Mowjood which frustrated the Josephians.

St Joseph’s 315 for 7 declared (Prabuddha Sankalpa 62, Angelo Mathews 57, Anton de Livera 52, Rajeewa Weerasinghe 52.; Haroon Mowjood 2 for 74)

Royal ( 88/5 o’night) 155 (Kavisha de Silva 68, Dilan Nanayakkara 19, Bhanuka Rajapakse 17.; Treshan Rajasooriya 5 for 37, Nirmal Rajapakse 2 for 9, Anton de Livera 2 for 26) and 238 for 6 (Bhanuka Rajapakse 72, Haroon Mowjood 65.; Rajeewa Weerasinghe 2 for 30)

Nugawela saves Thomians

Thilina Nugawela saved S. Thomas’ with a knock of 55 in their inter-school match against Ananda concluded at Mt Lavinia yesterday.

Ananda 148 (Udara Jayasundara 55, Ranganath Wijetunge 36.; Dilshan Walpita 3 for 42, Shashrika Pussegolla 2 for 20, Naveed Ghany 2 for 37) and 166 for 6 (Dinesh Chandimal 35, Theekshana Hettiarachchi 34, Prabodha Seneviratne 26, Udara Peiris 30 n.o.; Jehan Thahir 3 for 39, Milan Fernando 2 for 32)

S. Thomas’ (96/7 o’night) 145 (Thilina Nugawela 54 n.o., Ashan Peiris 42, Vishanth Wijesinghe 15.; Ranganath Wijetunge 4 for 19, Malith Gunathileke 3 for 8, Udara Peiris 2 for 20) and 34 for 2 (Shashrika Pussegolla 18)

Weerasekera shines in drawn game

A knock of 119 by Gayashan Weerasekera for D.S. Senanayake Vidyalaya was the highlight of their drawn match against Nalanda at Campbell Place yesterday.

Nalanda 232 (Nipuna Karunanayake 37, Lahiru Wickramasinghe 36, Milinda Weerasinghe 31, Madhawa Warnapura 28, Pramod Perera 26, Uthpala Bhagya 23.; Roshan Laksiri 6 for 27, Dimuthu Samarakkody 2 for 34) and 66 for 4 (Pramod Perera 32.; Charith Jayampathy 3 for 21)

DSS (14/0 o’night) 282 (Gayashan Weerasekera 119, Lahiru Weragala 61, Madhawa Perera 37, Dilum Harischandra 34.; Madhawa Warnapura 5 for 35, Dilshan Munaweera 2 for 20, Lahiru Aponso 2 for 41)

St Anthony’s beat St Benedict’s

St Anthony’s Katugastota beat St Benedict’s by seven wickets in the inter-school match concluded at Kotahena yesterday.
St Benedict’s 133 and 144 (Shenon Sirimanne 65, Shastri Fernando 23, Chanaka Wijewardena 19; S. Jaimon 4 for 36, G. Dissanayake 3 for 14, A. Riyal 3 for 26)

St Anthony’s 200 for 7 declared (Harshana Medagoda 67, Shameer Munas 33, S. Jaimon 23, Adel Riyal 26 n.o.; Chanaka Wijewardena 3 for 79) and 59 for 3 (N.Perera 16; Shenon Sirimanne 3 for 31)

A hat-trick by left arm leg-spinner Titus Perera who also cracked a quick fire 98 was the feature of the inter-school match between Zahira and President’s Rajagiriya concluded at Maradana yesterday.

President’s 171 and 253 for 6 declared (Titus Perera 98, Chamath Silva 38, Dasun Perera 32, Sanath Silva 31,Anura Kariyawasam 26, Nipuna Geethanga 21 n.o.; I. Ghouse 4 for 67)

Zahira 152 (I. Ghouse 57, H. Farhan 27, M. Imran 24.; Titus Perera 7 for 47, Prabodha Arthavidu 2 for 17) and 202 for 9 (M. Rizan 56, A. Anuzer 38, M. Imtiaz 25, M. Wazim 52 n.o.; Ranishka Gamage 5 for 50, Rajitha Chaturanga 4 for 31)
Raddoluwa MV 217, Royal 96/3

Royal Panadura were 96 for 3 in reply to Raddoluwa MV’s score of 217 at the end of the first day’s play in the match played at Raddoluwa. The match will be continued at 9.45 a.m. today.

Raddoluwa MV 217 (Bhanuka Devasurendra 53, Kesara Lakshan 36, Sameera Madusanka 21,Gayas Christopher 15.; Kasun Samarasinghe 3 for 27, Duleep Manjula 3 for 49, Malith Kumara 2 for 57)

Royal Panadura 96 for 3 (Dinesh Maduranga 61, Krishan Dinidu 18 n.o; Sameera Madusanka 2 for 16)

Dharmarajah made it five out of five when they defeated Mahinda on the first innings to claim the Woodward Trophy for another year when they clashed at the Police Grounds, Kandy.

Dharmaraja 284 in 63 overs (R. Ambagaspitiya 52, B. Ekanayake 83, S. Ranatunga 52, C. Ratnayake 25, T. Balasuriya 22 n.o; R. Buddika 7 for 80) and 164 for 8 in33.3 overs (R. Suriyaarachchie 31, C. Ratnayake 65; R. Amarakoon 27 n.o; C. Mahesh 3 for 37, L. Lahiru 3 for 20)

Mahinda 231 in 95.4 overs (P. Srimal 94, R. Buddika 22, L. Lahiru 30, Gayan Sameera 32; R.B. Weerasuriya 3 for 54, R. Suriyaarachchie 3 for 52) - AK

Trinity eat humble pie

Right arm leg spinner LahiruPathirana who had match figures 14 for 27, bowled Kegalu Vidyalaya to a memorable innings and 54 runs win over Trinity at Asgiriya yesterday.

Trinity 75 for 9 decin 33.2 overs (W. Munasinghe 30,D. Gangoda 21; L. Pathirana 7 for 12, S.Tennekoon 2 for 24) and 64 in 30 overs (A. Bulunawewa 26;L. Pathirana 7 for 15)

KegaluVidyalaya – 176 for 9 contd 193 in 92 overs (M. Karunaratne 28,M.Sarfaz 45,S. Tennekoon 29, L. Pathirana 18; R.Perera 5 fort70, A.Bulunawewa 2 for 62) - AK